People in the early Tang Dynasty: I compete with Wu Zhao for the throne

Chapter 356 Emperor Bodhisattva, believers compete

"Ta Tata..."

The sound of orderly and powerful footsteps came from a distance, and suddenly woke up Qian Zhuo and He Lao who were sitting opposite each other in the private room.

The two of them turned their heads and saw Li Xuan sitting on a tall horse slowly coming from outside the city under the protection of thousands of cattle guards.

He is tall and straight, with a high spirit.

Li Xuan held the black sword hilt in his hand, and his eyes were very sharp, as if the next moment, he would directly draw his sword and kill the opponent.

The fierce aura made Elder He subconsciously shrink back slightly, but immediately after realizing that Elder He was a bit ashamed, his face immediately became gloomy.

Raising his head slightly, Elder He subconsciously looked over the city gate.

Impressively, above the city gate, a huge Fuyuan crossbow has been slowly raised.

Faintly pointing directly towards their location, He Lao's expression became tense in an instant.

Sitting in front of him, Qian Zhuo, who was extremely sharp, couldn't help laughing and said, "Don't be nervous, Old He, this is just a way of deliberately strengthening the control of the city gate guards and Fu Yuannu after the king of Nanchang was assassinated that day. against you."

Perhaps what Qian Zhuo said was the truth, after he finished speaking, Fu Yuannu immediately turned his direction slightly.

For a moment, Elder He couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief.

Looking at Li Xuan who seemed to be unaware below, Elder He finally let go of his heart, and said in a cold voice: "You should already know by now that what happened back then was just a trick directed and performed by the King of Nanchang."

"That's right. At the beginning, no one thought that the truth of the matter would be like that. When Fang Yunxiu spread the news, I thought he was playing tricks. It wasn't until he was played to death by the King of Nanchang that I suddenly believed what he said. "Qian Zhuo couldn't help but shook his head, and said with a gloomy expression: "But so what, now, everything is too late."

"That's right, Fang Yunxiu is dead." He Lao looked at Li Xuan in the distance, the killing intent in his eyes flashed away.

At this moment, two sharp eyes swept towards He Lao's place at the same time.

Elder He suddenly shrank back, and in a blink of an eye he had already hid in the shadow of the room, avoiding the prying eyes from outside.

Until this time, she couldn't help cursing: "Damn thief and bald donkey."

He Lao scolded Master Xuan En and Zen Master Wu Dao naturally.

The cultivation of the two of them is very high, although they may not be comparable to He Lao, but the depth of their inheritance is not comparable to He Lao.

The two sides fought to the death, even though they were inferior in cultivation, they might not necessarily die in the hands of He Lao.

What's more, there are countless helpers around them, especially now that they are still under the gate of Wuzhou City.

As long as He Lao dared to show up, these people at the scene would definitely kill her.

Could kill her too.

"I heard that Taoism and Buddhism are going to lecture on the Dharma and debate at the gate of the city, you have to be careful." Qian Zhuo suddenly threw out a sentence, which made He Lao's face immediately darken.

How could she not know this.

Helao had another reason to return to Zhoucheng this time, but meeting Qian Zhuo here was also a coincidence.

Her original intention was also to find out what the two schools of Buddhism and Taoism were doing together with the King of Nanchang.

Chaotang has the way of playing in court, and Jianghu has the way of playing in Jianghu.

Although Buddhism and Taoism will not join the army of the imperial court, if they target Tianyin Sect with all their strength, they will definitely bring huge troubles to Tianyin Sect.

"Then let's take a good look at what Dharma they are teaching and what scriptures they are arguing about." Old He stared at the two sides of the city gate in the distance.

The Taoist sects headed by Taoist Xuan En, and the Buddhist sects headed by Zen Master Wu Dao, quickly divided into two teams, and then each walked towards a reed tent, and finally got on the reed tent.

Countless people from Wuzhou City gathered from all directions, men and women, old and young, all participated in this grand event voluntarily or involuntarily.

In the blink of an eye, there were already thousands of people, lay Buddhists from various sects of Taoism and Buddhism, and naturally followers of Tianyin Sect.

Not long after, the Taoist priests and monks on both sides immediately recited the scriptures at the same time as the opening.

The moment the scriptures reached his ears, He Lao's expression changed suddenly.

Qian Zhuo has been paying attention to He Lao's movements, seeing this scene, he couldn't help asking: "What's the matter, what are they talking about?"

It wasn't that Qian Zhuo didn't know what scripture it was, but that he was a little far away and couldn't hear it clearly, so he couldn't confirm the content of the scripture for a while.

"It's the "Taiyin Emperor's Patent" and "The Buddha Said the Moonlight Bodhisattva Sutra." He Lao couldn't help gnashing his teeth for a moment, his expression extremely ferocious.

Qian Zhuo was taken aback for a moment, and followed subconsciously: ""The Emperor of Taiyin"..."The Goddess of Tianyin"?"

After saying a word, Qian Zhuo was completely stunned.

A flash of light flashed in his mind, Qian Zhuo suddenly raised his head, and looked at He Lao in amazement, "Aren't the two one in one?".

The Emperor Taiyin and Goddess Tianyin really sound alike, and even in the system of Tianyin Sect, they are the same person.

But in the Taoist system, these two are completely different gods.

In an instant, Qian Zhuo understood, and looked at Elder He with wide eyes: "Could it be that they are robbing believers with you?"

In Wuzhou today, the influence of Tianyin Sect has been reduced to the limit.

Not only Fang Yunxiu, the hall master of Wuzhou, was killed, but even many middle and low-level altar masters were exposed, arrested and beheaded.

At this moment, the faith of the Tianyin Sect Wuzhou congregants is on the verge of collapse.

If there is no other way, then their foundation in Wuzhou City will be completely over.

But at this time, the Taoist and Buddhist families made such a move.

"Not only that, what they did was even more criminal." Elder He's expression was extremely embarrassing, he gritted his teeth, full of hatred.

Compared to Qian Zhuo, her hearing ability is better, so she can immediately recognize the slightly modified parts in "Taiyin Emperor's Instruction" and "Buddha Says Moonlight Bodhisattva Sutra".

It is this kind of modification that makes them more inclusive of gods and goddesses, and more targeted at Tianyin Sect.

As the great elder of Tianyin Sect, He Lao immediately sensed something was wrong.

She had a faint feeling that a huge conspiracy network was coming towards them, but she couldn't figure out what this conspiracy was for a while.

Seeing that Li Xuan was standing with the master of Taoism and Buddhism from the beginning to the end, Elder He completely stopped thinking about Li Xuan.

But seeing more and more people around, He Lao's heart felt as if a needle had been pricked.

Raising his head and looking at Qian Zhuo, Elder He said with a serious expression: "For those two things before, I have to trouble Qian Qilang to arrange it quickly, otherwise we won't accept the things when it's late, and we really can't do anything... hehe!"

Old He snorted coldly, then stood up and walked out the door.

Qian Zhuo stretched out his hand to stop He Lao, but for some reason, he still couldn't call out.

The threat of Tianyin Sect cannot be ignored so easily.

Turning around and walking to the window, Qian Zhuo looked at the two reeds under the city gate and the densely packed crowd, and couldn't help pondering over and over again: ""The Emperor of Taiyin", "The Buddha Said the Moonlight Bodhisattva Sutra", Nanchang King What exactly do you want to do?"

Qian Zhuo's eyes shifted subconsciously for a while, and suddenly he saw a pair of bright eyes staring at him.

Qian Zhuo was taken aback for a moment, blinked subconsciously, then collected himself, and looked down the city gate again.

That's right, there was indeed a pair of eyes staring at him at this moment.

And the owner of these eyes is Li Xuan who is wearing a crimson official robe.

Sensing Qian Zhuo's attention, Li Xuan actually nodded slightly, facing Qian Zhuo on the second floor of the restaurant in the distance, with a gentle smile on the corner of his mouth.

But a pair of black eyes, like a dark pool, can swallow everything.

For a moment, Qian Zhuo couldn't help but staggered as if a basin of cold water had been poured from head to bottom.

But fortunately, he had already put one hand on the window sill, and immediately followed, he looked towards the gate of the city again.

He looked towards Li Xuan who was under the city gate.

At this time, Qian Zhuo suddenly discovered that Li Xuan had already averted his gaze.

Standing in the crowd, Li Xuan was talking to Zhang Yi, who was standing by his side, and joined the army.

Seeing this scene, Qian Zhuo couldn't help but sigh, maybe he was really wrong just now.

Thinking of this, Qian Zhuo didn't dare to stay here any longer, and immediately turned around and went downstairs.

……

In the study room, there are dense bookshelves full of books.

A middle-aged man in a blue silk robe is reading a copy of Tao Te Ching.

At this moment, footsteps sounded outside the door, and Qian Zhuo, who was breathing heavily, appeared at the door of the study.

Stopping, Qian Zhuo cupped his hands: "Brother, Qilang is back."

"It's good to be back." Qian Zhe put the Tao Te Ching back on the bookshelf, and then turned and walked to the desk on the side.

"How is the situation today?" Qian Zhe sat on Hu Deng and poured a glass of cold water for his younger brother.

Qian Zhuo picked up the cup, drank it in one gulp, and then reported to Qian Zhe everything he saw today.

However, in Qian Zhuo's report, he didn't mention half a sentence of He Lao.

"You mean "Taiyin Emperor's Patent" and "Buddha Says the Moonlight Bodhisattva Sutra"?" Qian Zhe frowned tightly, and then asked, "Is it just these two scriptures, or is there something else?"

"It seems that there are also "Taishang Lingbao Jingming Flying Immortals' Sutra", "Taishang Dongzhen Five-Star Secret Teaching Sutra", "Dongyuan Collection Volume [-]" and the Buddhist "Pharmacist Liuliguang Tathagata Original Vow Merit Sutra". Qian Zhuo shrugged and said, "It's those anyway."

"Don't worry about them, find them all now, and don't miss any of them." Qian Zhe's face was more serious than Qian Zhuo imagined.

"Here!" Although Qian Zhuo didn't understand what he meant, he still respectfully stepped forward and found all the scriptures.

After all, the ancestors of the Qian family were also born as literati. Although in recent years, they no longer follow the way of civil servants, the collection of books at home has never been short.

There are even collections of Daoist, Buddhist and Nuo fantasies.

Putting the basic scriptures on the table, Qian Zhe began to read them.

Qian Zhuo stood aside, and said indifferently: "Brother, don't bother, what the King of Nanchang is doing is nothing more than competing with the Tianyin Sect for believers. The power of the Tianyin Sect has fallen to the bottom of the state. The king of Nanchang happened to beat the dog in the water."

"Qilang, you're still immature!" Qian Zhe didn't even raise his head, but said casually, "Look at the layout of that Nanchang County King, how can you see the ending at a glance? Take one step, count three steps, and be a little less minded, even if you are calculated to death, you don’t know where you are wrong.”

"Okay." Qian Zhuo nodded indifferently, and then suddenly asked: "Brother, the King of Nanchang is so powerful, is the Tianyin Sect finished this time? Our plan..."

"Tianyin will never finish teaching, I don't know, but my family's plan is to follow the established plan, don't do one more step, and don't take one less step." Qian Zhe raised his head and looked at Qian Zhuo with a serious expression.

"But big brother, if Tianyin's teaching is over, won't our plan be over?" Qian Zhuo's face finally became a little anxious at this moment.

"No, no, our plan is not over, it's just to earn less money." Qian Zhe shook his head slightly, looked at Qian Zhuo and said, "Brother Wei has received a reply letter from Yangzhou Shen Yuqing these days, and his family has already begun to change their strategy. Follow behind the King of Nanchang and share a share of the pie."

"Behind the king of Nanchang?" Qian Zhuo was startled, looked at his eldest brother Qian Zhe and said, "Brother, this matter has never been mentioned before!"

"That's right." Qian Zhe nodded and said, "I'm fine. The Shen family of Yangzhou has suffered a lot under the hands of the King of Nanchang. But I have also seen clearly how powerful the King of Nanchang is."

After a short pause, Qian Zhe said solemnly, "Just this morning, Nanchang Wang You's playbook was urgently sent to Shendu for three hundred miles."

"Zouben?" Qian Zhuo was slightly taken aback: "What Zouben?"

"For the memorial book for the prince, Shen has something to say. The sage ordered the king of Nanchang to write a memorial every three days to go to the capital and submit it to His Royal Highness. We can't say my name. Now it has arrived in front of His Royal Highness."

Speaking of this, Qian Zhe shook his head and said: "The king of Nanchang is fierce and trusted by saints, so he has something to do with my family. If he can use it, my family will definitely benefit as much as Tianyin Sect. It’s just a little change of strategy.”

"Little brother understands!" Qian Zhuo nodded heavily, and at the moment when he lowered his head, a trace of haze flashed in his eyes.

"Okay, a cart of sickles will be sent to the state government soon, and you will send them there in person, and get in touch with the King of Nanchang."

"Little brother takes orders!"

(End of this chapter)